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MOMENTO
BRINGS MEMORIES
April 20, 1977

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pix: Tell Taylor
pointing to the spot in the Blanchard River, where he was
inspired to write "Down by the Old Mill Stream."

Recently, I uncovered a memento from a salute to Tell Taylor, author
of the
famous song "Down by the Old Mill Stream." In comemoration
of Taylor, a
special broadcast over WFIN-Findlay, was sponsored by Cooper Tire and
Rubber,
back in 1950.

Most of the older residents of this area know that Tell Taylor was a
one-
time resident in the Findlay area. He wrote his best known song
about a
spot along the Blanchard River that inspired the song. The accompanying
photo shows Taylor pointing to the place. He was born in Vanlue
in 1876, and
died in Chicago in 1937.

Perhaps you didn't know all the words to the song... I didn't.
Here they
are:

My darling I am dreaming, of the days gone by,
When you and I were sweethearts, beneath the summer sky;
Your hair has turned to silver, the gold has faded too;
But still I will remember where I first met you.
The old mill wheel is selent, and has fallen down,
The old oak tree has withered, and lies there on the ground;
While you and I are sweethearts, the same as days of yore;
Although we've been together, forty years or more.
Down by the old mill stream, where I first met you,
With your eyes of blue, dressed in gingham too,
It was there I knew, that you loved me true,
You were sixteen, my village queen, by the old mill stream.

Word has been received from Fairfax Nursing Center that Colonel Henry
Adams,
a hero in World War II, who grew up in Fostoria, is poorly. He
has been in
the nursing facility since 1971. Because a stroke he has been
unable to
speak and otherwise partially incapacitated.

The recent communication from the center described his condition as
"deteriorating" and that his family had been notified.

If you were living in or around Fostoria in the 20's and 30's, see how
many
of the business places listed below you can remember - and how many
of the
business people connected with them you can recall.

Many of those listed were in business prior to that era, and afterward
too,
but the list was compiled from advertisements that appeared in the Pontiac
Club Frolic sheets which were published at that time. V.E. "Poody"
Switzer,
Review Times editor, and A.S. "Al" Bryan, Times editor of
the Frolics
publications - tabloid style.

How times have changed. In that era there weren't any vacant business
rooms,
and many of the second floors of the business blocks were occupied.
In the
succeeding years, doctors, car dealers, realtors, optometrists and others
have moved their places of business to outlying areas to meet their
requirements.